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.TH TRAPSTAT 8 "April 9, 2016"
.SH NAME
trapstat \- report trap statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/trapstat\fR [\fB-t\fR | \fB-T\fR | \fB-e\fR \fIentry\fR]
     [\fB-C\fR \fIprocessor_set_id\fR | \fB-c\fR \fIcpulist\fR] [\fB-P\fR] [\fB-a\fR]
     [\fB-r\fR \fIrate\fR] [ [\fIinterval\fR [\fIcount\fR]] | \fIcommand\fR | [\fIargs\fR]]
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/trapstat\fR \fB-l\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The \fBtrapstat\fR utility gathers and displays run-time trap statistics on
UltraSPARC-based systems. The default output is a table of trap types and
\fBCPU\fR \fBID\fRs, with each row of the table denoting a trap type and each
column of the table denoting a \fBCPU\fR. If standard output is a terminal, the
table contains as many columns of data as can fit within the terminal width; if
standard output is not a terminal, the table contains at most six columns of
data. By default, data is gathered and displayed for all \fBCPU\fRs; if the
data cannot fit in a single table, it is printed across multiple tables. The
set of \fBCPU\fRs for which data is gathered and displayed can be optionally
specified with the \fB-c\fR or \fB-C\fR option.
.sp
.LP
Unless the \fB-r\fR option or the \fB-a\fR option is specified, the value
displayed in each entry of the table corresponds to the number of traps per
second. If the \fB-r\fR option is specified, the value corresponds to the
number of traps over the interval implied by the specified sampling rate; if
the \fB-a\fR option is specified, the value corresponds to the accumulated
number of traps since the invocation of \fBtrapstat\fR.
.sp
.LP
By default, \fBtrapstat\fR displays data once per second, and runs
indefinitely; both of these behaviors can be optionally controlled with the
\fIinterval\fR and \fIcount\fR parameters, respectively. The \fIinterval\fR is
specified in seconds; the \fIcount\fR indicates the number of intervals to be
executed before exiting. Alternatively, \fBcommand\fR can be specified, in
which case \fBtrapstat\fR executes the provided command and continues to run
until the command exits. A positive integer is assumed to be an \fIinterval\fR;
if the desired \fB\fIcommand\fR\fR cannot be distinguished from an integer, the
full path of \fIcommand\fR must be specified.
.sp
.LP
UltraSPARC I (obsolete), II, and III handle translation lookaside buffer (TLB)
misses by trapping to the operating system. TLB miss traps can be a significant
component of overall system performance for some workloads; the \fB-t\fR option
provides in-depth information on these traps. When run with this option,
\fBtrapstat\fR displays both the rate of TLB miss traps \fI\fR and the
percentage of time spent processing those traps. Additionally, TLB misses that
hit in the translation storage buffer (TSB) are differentiated from TLB misses
that further miss in the TSB. (The TSB is a software structure used as a
translation entry cache to allow the TLB to be quickly filled; it is discussed
in detail in the \fIUltraSPARC II User's Manual\fR.) The TLB and TSB miss
information is further broken down into user- and kernel-mode misses.
.sp
.LP
Workloads with working sets that exceed the TLB reach may spend a significant
amount of time missing in the TLB. To accommodate such workloads, the operating
system supports multiple page sizes: larger page sizes increase the effective
TLB reach and thereby reduce the number of TLB misses. To provide insight into
the relationship between page size and TLB miss rate, \fBtrapstat\fR optionally
provides in-depth TLB miss information broken down by page size using the
\fB-T\fR option. The information provided by the \fB-T\fR option is a superset
of that provided by the \fB-t\fR option; only one of \fB-t\fR and \fB-T\fR can
be specified.
.SH OPTIONS
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-a\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Displays the number of traps as accumulating, monotonically increasing values
instead of per-second or per-interval rates.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR \fIcpulist\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Enables \fBtrapstat\fR only on the \fBCPU\fRs specified by \fIcpulist\fR.
.sp
\fIcpulist\fR can be a single processor \fBID\fR (for example, \fB4\fR), a
range of processor\fB ID\fRs (for example, \fB4-6\fR), or a comma separated
list of processor\fB ID\fRs or processor \fBID\fR ranges (for example,
\fB4,5,6\fR or \fB4,6-8\fR).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-C\fR \fIprocessor_set_id\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Enables \fBtrapstat\fR only on the \fBCPU\fRs in the processor set specified by
\fIprocessor_set_id\fR.
.sp
\fBtrapstat\fR modifies its output to always reflect the \fBCPU\fRs in the
specified processor set. If a \fBCPU\fR is added to the set, \fBtrapstat\fR
modifies its output to include the added \fBCPU\fR; if a \fBCPU\fR is removed
from the set, \fBtrapstat\fR modifies its output to exclude the removed CPU. At
most one processor set can be specified.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-e\fR \fIentrylist\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Enables \fBtrapstat\fR only for the trap table entry or entries specified by
\fIentrylist\fR. A trap table entry can be specified by trap number or by trap
name (for example, the level-10 trap can be specified as \fB74\fR, \fB0x4A\fR,
\fB0x4a\fR, or \fBlevel-10\fR).
.sp
\fIentrylist\fR can be a single trap table entry or a comma separated list of
trap table entries. If the specified trap table entry is not valid,
\fBtrapstat\fR prints a table of all valid trap table entries and values. A
list of valid trap table entries is also found in \fIThe SPARC Architecture
Manual, Version 9\fR and the \fISun Microelectronics UltraSPARC II User's
Manual.\fR If the parsable option (\fB-P\fR) is specified in addition to the
\fB-e\fR option, the format of the data is as follows:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c
l l .
Field	Contents
1	Timestamp (nanoseconds since start)
2	CPU ID
3	Trap number (in hexadecimal)
4	Trap name
5	Trap rate per interval
.TE

Each field is separated with whitespace. If the format is modified, it will be
modified by adding potentially new fields beginning with field 6; exant fields
will remain unchanged.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Lists trap table entries. By default, a table is displayed containing all valid
trap numbers, their names and a brief description. The trap name is used in
both the default output and in the \fIentrylist\fR parameter for the \fB-e\fR
argument. If the parsable option (\fB-P\fR) is specified in addition to the
\fB-l\fR option, the format of the data is as follows:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c
l l .
Field	Contents
1	Trap number in hexadecimal
2	Trap number in decimal
3	Trap name
Remaining	Trap description
.TE

.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-P\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Generates parsable output. When run without other data gathering modifying
options (that is, \fB-e\fR, \fB-t\fR or \fB-T\fR), \fBtrapstat\fR's the
parsable output has the following format:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c
l l .
Field	Contents
1	Timestamp (nanoseconds since start)
2	CPU ID
3	Trap number (in hexadecimal)
4	Trap name
5	Trap rate per interval
.TE

Each field is separated with whitespace. If the format is modified, it will be
modified by adding potentially new fields beginning with field 6; extant fields
will remain unchanged.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-r\fR \fIrate\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Explicitly sets the sampling rate to be \fIrate\fR samples per second. If this
option is specified, \fBtrapstat\fR's output changes from a traps-per-second to
traps-per-sampling-interval.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Enables TLB statistics.
.sp
A table is displayed with four principal columns of data: \fIitlb-miss\fR,
\fIitsb-miss\fR, \fIdtlb-miss\fR, and \fIdtsb-miss\fR. The columns contain both
the rate of the corresponding event and the percentage of \fBCPU\fR time spent
processing the event. The percentage of \fBCPU\fR time is given only in terms
of a single \fBCPU\fR. The rows of the table correspond to \fBCPU\fRs, with
each \fBCPU\fR consuming two rows: one row for user-mode events (denoted with
\fBu\fR) and one row for kernel-mode events (denoted with \fBk\fR). For each
row, the percentage of \fBCPU\fR time is totalled and displayed in the
rightmost column. The \fBCPU\fRs are delineated with a solid line. If the
parsable option (\fB-P\fR) is specified in addition to the \fB-t\fR option, the
format of the data is as follows:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c
l l .
Field	Contents
1	Timestamp (nanoseconds since start)
2	CPU ID
3	Mode (\fBk\fR denotes kernel, \fBu\fR denotes user)
4	I-TLB misses
5	Percentage of time in I-TLB miss handler
6	I-TSB misses
7	Percentage of time in I-TSB miss handler
8	D-TLB misses
9	Percentage of time in D-TLB miss handler
10	D-TSB misses
11	Percentage of time in D-TSB miss handler
.TE

Each field is separated with whitespace. If the format is modified, it will be
modified by adding potentially new fields beginning with field 12; extant
fields will remain unchanged.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-T\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 24n
Enables \fBTLB\fR statistics, with page size information. As with the \fB-t\fR
option, a table is displayed with four principal columns of data:
\fIitlb-miss\fR, \fIitsb-miss\fR, \fIdtlb-miss\fR, and \fIdtsb-miss\fR. The
columns contain both the absolute number of the corresponding event, and the
percentage of \fBCPU\fR time spent processing the event. The percentage of
\fBCPU\fR time is given only in terms of a single \fBCPU\fR. The rows of the
table correspond to \fBCPU\fRs, with each \fBCPU\fR consuming two sets of rows:
one set for user-level events (denoted with \fBu\fR) and one set for
kernel-level events (denoted with \fBk\fR). Each set, in turn, contains as many
rows as there are page sizes supported (see \fBgetpagesizes\fR(3C)). For each
row, the percentage of \fBCPU\fR time is totalled and displayed in the
right-most column. The two sets are delineated with a dashed line; CPUs are
delineated with a solid line. If the parsable option (\fB-P\fR) is specified in
addition to the \fB-T\fR option, the format of the data is as follows:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c
l l .
Field	Contents
1	Timestamp (nanoseconds since start)
2	CPU ID
3	Mode \fBk\fR denotes kernel, \fBu\fR denotes user)
4	Page size, in decimal
5	I-TLB misses
6	Percentage of time in I-TLB miss handler
7	I-TSB misses
8	Percentage of time in I-TSB miss handler
9	D-TLB misses
10	Percentage of time in D-TLB miss handler
11	D-TSB misses
12	Percentage of time in D-TSB miss handler
.TE

Each field is separated with whitespace. If the format is modified, it will be
modified by adding potentially new fields beginning with field 13; extant
fields will remain unchanged.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRUsing \fBtrapstat\fR Without Options
.sp
.LP
When run without options, \fBtrapstat\fR displays a table of trap types and
CPUs. At most six columns can fit in the default terminal width; if (as in this
example) there are more than six CPUs, multiple tables are displayed:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat\fR
vct  name               |     cpu0     cpu1     cpu4     cpu5     cpu8     cpu9
------------------------+------------------------------------------------------
 24 cleanwin            |     6446     4837     6368     2153     2623     1321
 41 level-1             |      100        0        0        0        1        0
 44 level-4             |        0        1        1        1        0        0
 45 level-5             |        0        0        0        0        0        0
 47 level-7             |        0        0        0        0        9        0
 49 level-9             |      100      100      100      100      100      100
 4a level-10            |      100        0        0        0        0        0
 4d level-13            |        6       10        7       16       13       11
 4e level-14            |      100        0        0        0        1        0
 60 int-vec             |     2607     2740     2642     2922     2920     3033
 64 itlb-miss           |     3129     2475     3167     1037     1200      569
 68 dtlb-miss           |   121061    86162   109838    37386    45639    20269
 6c dtlb-prot           |      997      847     1061      379      406      184
 84 spill-user-32       |     2809     2133     2739   200806   332776   454504
 88 spill-user-64       |    45819   207856    93487   228529    68373    77590
 8c spill-user-32-cln   |      784      561      767      274      353      215
 90 spill-user-64-cln   |        9       37       17       39       12       13
 98 spill-kern-64       |    62913    50145    63869    21916    28431    11738
 a4 spill-asuser-32     |     1327      947     1288      460      572      335
 a8 spill-asuser-64     |       26       48       18       54       10       14
 ac spill-asuser-32-cln |     4580     3599     4555     1538     1978      857
 b0 spill-asuser-64-cln |       26        0        0        2        0        0
 c4 fill-user-32        |     2862     2161     2798   191746   318115   435850
 c8 fill-user-64        |    45813   197781    89179   217668    63905    74281
 cc fill-user-32-cln    |     3802     2833     3733    10153    16419    19475
 d0 fill-user-64-cln    |      329    10105     4873    10603     4235     3649
 d8 fill-kern-64        |    62519    49943    63611    21824    28328    11693
108 syscall-32          |     2285     1634     2278      737      957      383
126 self-xcall          |      100        0        0        0        0        0

vct  name               |    cpu12    cpu13    cpu14    cpu15
------------------------+------------------------------------
 24 cleanwin            |     5435     4232     6302     6104
 41 level-1             |        0        0        0        0
 44 level-4             |        2        0        0        1
 45 level-5             |        0        0        0        0
 47 level-7             |        0        0        0        0
 49 level-9             |      100      100      100      100
 4a level-10            |        0        0        0        0
 4d level-13            |       15       11       22       11
 4e level-14            |        0        0        0        0
 60 int-vec             |     2813     2833     2738     2714
 64 itlb-miss           |     2636     1925     3133     3029
 68 dtlb-miss           |    90528    70639   107786   103425
 6c dtlb-prot           |      819      675      988      954
 84 spill-user-32       |   175768    39933     2811     2742
 88 spill-user-64       |        0   241348    96907   118298
 8c spill-user-32-cln   |      681      513      753      730
 90 spill-user-64-cln   |        0       42       16       20
 98 spill-kern-64       |    52158    40914    62305    60141
 a4 spill-asuser-32     |     1113      856     1251     1208
 a8 spill-asuser-64     |        0       64       16       24
 ac spill-asuser-32-cln |     3816     2942     4515     4381
 b0 spill-asuser-64-cln |        0        0        0        0
 c4 fill-user-32        |   170744    38444     2876     2784
 c8 fill-user-64        |        0   230381    92941   111694
 cc fill-user-32-cln    |     8550     3790     3612     3553
 d0 fill-user-64-cln    |        0    10726     4495     5845
 d8 fill-kern-64        |    51968    40760    62053    59922
108 syscall-32          |     1839     1495     2144     2083
126 self-xcall          |        0        0        0        0
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 2 \fRUsing \fBtrapset\fR with CPU Filtering
.sp
.LP
 The \fB-c\fR option can be used to limit the \fBCPU\fRs on which
\fBtrapstat\fR is enabled. This example limits \fBCPU 1\fR and \fBCPU\fRs
\fB12\fR through \fB15\fR.

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat -c 1,12-15\fR


vct  name               |     cpu1    cpu12    cpu13    cpu14    cpu15
------------------------+---------------------------------------------
 24 cleanwin            |     6923     3072     2500     3518     2261
 44 level-4             |        3        0        0        1        1
 49 level-9             |      100      100      100      100      100
 4d level-13            |       23        8       14       19       14
 60 int-vec             |     2559     2699     2752     2688     2792
 64 itlb-miss           |     3296     1548     1174     1698     1087
 68 dtlb-miss           |   114788    54313    43040    58336    38057
 6c dtlb-prot           |     1046      549      417      545      370
 84 spill-user-32       |    66551    29480   301588    26522   213032
 88 spill-user-64       |        0   318652   111239   299829   221716
 8c spill-user-32-cln   |      856      347      331      416      293
 90 spill-user-64-cln   |        0       55       21       59       39
 98 spill-kern-64       |    66464    31803    24758    34004    22277
 a4 spill-asuser-32     |     1423      569      560      698      483
 a8 spill-asuser-64     |        0       74       32       98       46
 ac spill-asuser-32-cln |     4875     2250     1728     2384     1584
 b0 spill-asuser-64-cln |        0        2        0        1        0
 c4 fill-user-32        |    64193    28418   287516    27055   202093
 c8 fill-user-64        |        0   305016   106692   288542   210654
 cc fill-user-32-cln    |     6733     3520    15185     2396    12035
 d0 fill-user-64-cln    |        0    13226     3506    12933    11032
 d8 fill-kern-64        |    66220    31680    24674    33892    22196
108 syscall-32          |     2446      967      817     1196      755
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 3 \fRUsing \fBtrapstat\fR with TLB Statistics
.sp
.LP
The \fB-t\fR option displays in-depth \fBTLB\fR statistics, including the
amount of time spent performing \fBTLB\fR miss processing. The following
example shows that the machine is spending 14.1 percent of its time just
handling D-TLB misses:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat -t\fR
cpu m| itlb-miss %tim itsb-miss %tim | dtlb-miss %tim dtsb-miss %tim |%tim
-----+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  0 u|      2571  0.3         0  0.0 |     10802  1.3         0  0.0 | 1.6
  0 k|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |    106420 13.4       184  0.1 |13.6
-----+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  1 u|      3069  0.3         0  0.0 |     10983  1.2       100  0.0 | 1.6
  1 k|        27  0.0         0  0.0 |    106974 12.6        19  0.0 |12.7
-----+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  2 u|      3033  0.3         0  0.0 |     11045  1.2       105  0.0 | 1.6
  2 k|        43  0.0         0  0.0 |    107842 12.7       108  0.0 |12.8
-----+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  3 u|      2924  0.3         0  0.0 |     10380  1.2       121  0.0 | 1.6
  3 k|        54  0.0         0  0.0 |    102682 12.2        16  0.0 |12.2
-----+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  4 u|      3064  0.3         0  0.0 |     10832  1.2       120  0.0 | 1.6
  4 k|        31  0.0         0  0.0 |    107977 13.0       236  0.1 |13.1
=====+===============================+===============================+====
 ttl |     14816  0.3         0  0.0 |    585937 14.1      1009  0.0 |14.5
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 4 \fRUsing \fBtrapstat\fR with TLB Statistics and Page Size
Information
.sp
.LP
By specifying the \fB-T\fR option, \fBtrapstat\fR shows \fBTLB\fR misses broken
down by page size. In this example, CPU 0 is spending 7.9 percent of its time
handling user-mode TLB misses on 8K pages, and another 2.3 percent of its time
handling user-mode TLB misses on 64K pages.

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat -T -c 0\fR
cpu m size| itlb-miss %tim itsb-miss %tim | dtlb-miss %tim dtsb-miss %tim |%tim
----------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+----
  0 u   8k|      1300  0.1        15  0.0 |    104897  7.9        90  0.0 | 8.0
  0 u  64k|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |     29935  2.3         7  0.0 | 2.3
  0 u 512k|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |      3569  0.2         2  0.0 | 0.2
  0 u   4m|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |       233  0.0         2  0.0 | 0.0
- - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - -
  0 k   8k|        13  0.0         0  0.0 |     71733  6.5       110  0.0 | 6.5
  0 k  64k|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |         0  0.0         0  0.0 | 0.0
  0 k 512k|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |         0  0.0       206  0.1 | 0.1
  0 k   4m|         0  0.0         0  0.0 |         0  0.0         0  0.0 | 0.0
==========+===============================+===============================+====
      ttl |      1313  0.1        15  0.0 |    210367 17.1       417  0.2 |17.5
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 5 \fRUsing \fBtrapstat\fR with Entry Filtering
.sp
.LP
By specifying the \fB-e\fR option, \fBtrapstat\fR displays statistics for only
specific trap types. Using this option minimizes the probe effect when seeking
specific data. This example yields statistics for only the \fIdtlb-prot\fR and
\fIsyscall-32\fR traps on CPUs 12 through 15:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat -e dtlb-prot,syscall-32 -c 12-15\fR
vct  name               |    cpu12    cpu13    cpu14    cpu15
------------------------+------------------------------------
 6c dtlb-prot           |      817      754     1018      560
108 syscall-32          |     1426     1647     2186     1142

vct  name               |    cpu12    cpu13    cpu14    cpu15
------------------------+------------------------------------
 6c dtlb-prot           |     1085      996      800      707
108 syscall-32          |     2578     2167     1638     1452
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 6 \fRUsing \fBtrapstat\fR with a Higher Sampling Rate
.sp
.LP
The following example uses the \fB-r\fR option to specify a sampling rate of
1000 samples per second, and filter only for the level-10 trap. Additionally,
specifying the \fB-P\fR option yields parsable output.

.sp
.LP
Notice the timestamp difference between the level-10 events: 9,998,000
nanoseconds and 10,007,000 nanoseconds. These level-10 events correspond to the
system clock, which by default ticks at 100 hertz (that is, every 10,000,000
nanoseconds).

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example# \fBtrapstat -e level-10 -P -r 1000\fR
1070400 0 4a level-10 0
2048600 0 4a level-10 0
3030400 0 4a level-10 1
4035800 0 4a level-10 0
5027200 0 4a level-10 0
6027200 0 4a level-10 0
7027400 0 4a level-10 0
8028200 0 4a level-10 0
9026400 0 4a level-10 0
10029600 0 4a level-10 0
11028600 0 4a level-10 0
12024000 0 4a level-10 0
13028400 0 4a level-10 1
14031200 0 4a level-10 0
15027200 0 4a level-10 0
16027600 0 4a level-10 0
17025000 0 4a level-10 0
18026000 0 4a level-10 0
19027800 0 4a level-10 0
20025600 0 4a level-10 0
21025200 0 4a level-10 0
22025000 0 4a level-10 0
23035400 0 4a level-10 1
24027400 0 4a level-10 0
25026000 0 4a level-10 0
26027000 0 4a level-10 0
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	
    Human Readable Output	Unstable
    Parsable Output	Evolving
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR pmap (1),
.BR ppgsz (1),
.BR getpagesizes (3C),
.BR lockstat (8),
.BR pbind (8),
.BR psrinfo (8),
.BR psrset (8)
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\fISun Microelectronics UltraSPARC II User's Manual,\fR January 1997, STP1031,
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\fIThe SPARC Architecture Manual, Version 9,\fR 1994, Prentice-Hall.
.SH NOTES
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When enabled, \fBtrapstat\fR induces a varying probe effect, depending on the
type of information collected. While the precise probe effect depends upon the
specifics of the hardware, the following table can be used as a rough guide:
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Option	Approximate probe effect
default	3-5% per trap
\fB-e\fR	3-5% per specified trap
\fB-t\fR, \fB-T\fR 	T{
40-45% per TLB miss trap hitting in the TSB, 25-30% per TLB miss trap missing in the TSB
T}
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These probe effects are \fIper trap\fR not for the system as a whole. For
example, running \fBtrapstat\fR with the default options on a system that
spends 7% of total time handling traps induces a performance degradation of
less than one half of one percent; running \fBtrapstat\fR with the \fB-t\fR or
\fB-T\fR option on a system spending 5% of total time processing TLB misses
induce a performance degradation of no more than 2.5%.
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When run with the \fB-t\fR or \fB-T\fR option, \fBtrapstat\fR accounts for its
probe effect when calculating the \fI%tim\fR fields. This assures that the
\fI%tim\fR fields are a reasonably accurate indicator of the time a given
workload is spending handling TLB misses \(em regardless of the perturbing
presence of \fBtrapstat\fR.
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While the \fI%tim\fR fields include the explicit cost of executing the TLB miss
handler, they do \fInot\fR include the implicit costs of TLB miss traps (for
example, pipeline effects, cache pollution, etc). These implicit costs become
more significant as the trap rate grows; if high \fI%tim\fR values are reported
(greater than 50%), you can accurately infer that much of the balance of time
is being spent on the implicit costs of the TLB miss traps.
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Due to the potential system wide degradation induced, only the super-user can
run \fBtrapstat\fR.
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Due to the limitation of the underlying statistics gathering methodology, only
one instance of \fBtrapstat\fR can run at a time.
